Reviews

In permanently introducing this new section to our periodical, we wish to call the reader’s attention to a unique approach we are consciously taking. In a desire to identify impending foci in our field, we have invited the youngest of our colleagues – MA and PhD candidates in social work – to act as our reviewers. Furthermore, considering the vast multitude of scholarly articles published annually, we have asked our students to primarily focus on this segment which is more likely to reflect the most recent findings. That said, we have not set a strict date range in the hope that our reviewers will freely discover or recover studies which might have been overlooked heretofore.
 

Torronen M., Borodkina O., Samoylova V. (2013). Trust in reciprocal relationships – The construction of well-being. In: M. Torronen et al. (eds.), Empowering Social Work: Research and Practice. University of Helsinki, Palmenia Centre for Continuing Education, Kotka: 8‒19.
Reviewed by: Marzena Stachowicz 

Brodzinsky D., Singer L., Braff A. (1984). Children’s understanding of adoption. “Child Development”, 55 (3): 869‒878. DOI:10.2307/1130138.
Reviewed by: Marta Kamińska 

Lundgre L., Krull I. (2014). The Affordable Care Act: New opportunities for social work to take leadership in behavioral health and addiction treatment. “Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research”, 5 (4): 415‒438.
Reviewed by: Karolina Szafron

Fletcher J. (2017). Gender-specific pathways of peer influence on adolescent suicidal behaviors. “Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World”, 3 (1): 1‒10. DOI: 10.1177/2378023117729952.
Reviewed by: Katarzyna Strzałka